Gunther Schuller Quotes

And it is this sense that some of us have to contribute to the culture, to the society in ways that may hurt financially, so what? We do it because we are born to do it, we feel we have no other choice and so be it.

Gunther Schuller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1925 - June 21, 2015

Topics

CultureSocietyHurtFeelChoiceUs

I played a trial game for Reading against Brentford. Then the coach told me that they couldn't afford to take me on. So I went to see Brentford. I couldn't believe it when they signed me - they were in the league above Reading.

Jimmy Hill

MeGameBelieveReadingCoachSee

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

NothingInsightWithoutTerrible

The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.

John Banville

ResilientNovelNovelists

Growing up, I had to cobble together a scarecrow of things I loved from various different writers.

Jenny Zhang

TogetherGrowing UpLovedGrowingUp

I'm not an activist, I'm an actor. I don't want to be an activist.

John Cho

WantActorActivist

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Jean Toomer

LifeLearnRopeKnots

Musicians are often asked to answer for an entire culture, or for an entire movement. It's a process of commodification. It becomes packaged and summarized in a word like 'emo' or 'grunge'... or 'folk music.' I think that's just language itself, trying to understand the mysteries of the world.

Sufjan Stevens

MusicCultureWorldThinkLanguage

Hysteria is something that I've been interested for a very long time. I thought I might have it, but it seems that it's unlikely.

Siri Hustvedt

TimeThoughtLongLong TimeBeen

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

Robert A. Heinlein

GoodBeautifulFlowersSeedsDoing

When I was growing up, there were no women in orchestras. Auditioners thought they could tell the difference between a woman playing and a man. Some intelligent person devised a simple solution: Drop a curtain between the auditioners and the people trying out. And, lo and behold, women began to get jobs in symphony orchestras.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WomenSimpleWomanManPeople

There was a time not too long ago when American seniors were too often forced to go without food, medicine, and quality healthcare. But thanks to transformative programs like Social Security, most seniors in this country are provided the opportunity to live with the stability and peace of mind they have earned and deserve.

Mike Quigley

LiveOpportunityTimeFoodQuality

We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.

Ludwig Quidde

PointDangerGraveInsist

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